MEDIA ADVISORY

WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, and Nicholas Calio, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airlines for America (A4A) will announce a final FAA rule that will require safety management systems (SMS) for U.S. air carriers. SMS is the formal, top-down, organization-wide approach to managing safety risk and assuring the effectiveness of safety risk controls.

WHO: Secretary Foxx, FAA Administrator Huerta, A4A President and Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Calio.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 7 at 11:15 a.m., EST

WHERE: U.S. Department of Transportation Headquarters, Media Center

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20590

Reporters wishing to join remotely will need to RSVP to alison.duquette@faa.gov in order to obtain call-in details.

Directions:From the Metro, exit at the Navy Yard (not the ballpark side). Enter through the main doors of the West building and check-in at the security desk.

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